The discovery came just two days after a Swiss couple who disappeared while walking in the Alps in 1942 were found in a receding glacier.

Handout picture shows the Hohlaub Glacier where remains of German backpacker were found by 2 alpinists.

Geneva, Switzerland:

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German hiker was found embedded in a glacier in Swiss Alps

Test confirmed the he was a German national who disappeared in 1987

2 days ago, a Swiss couple who disappeared in 1942 were found in glacier

The remains of a German hiker who disappeared while climbing in the Swiss Alps 30 years ago has been found embedded in a glacier, police said Wednesday.

The find was made on July 25 by two people climbing the Lagginhorn mountain, in southern Switzerland, police said in a statement.

A few hundred metres before reaching the peak, the hikers spotted "a hand and two shoes", area police said.

Extracting the remains that day was impossible because of poor weather, but rescue workers arrived by helicopter the following day, removed the remains from the ice and brought them to a hospital in the capital Bern for identification.

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Test have confirmed the climber was a German national born in 1943 who disappeared on August 11, 1987.

The discovery came just two days after a Swiss couple who disappeared while walking in the Alps in 1942 were found in a receding glacier.